JANET LYNCH’s joyous images of New Mexican birds, JEFFREY PRATT’s lively palette-knife oils, ROSE HILTON’s studio nudes, ROBINA JACK’s and JILL FANSHAWE KATO’s colourful ceramics are off-set by the subtle-rich hues of MICHAEL SHEPPARD’s abstract canvases, SUTTON TAYLOR’s lustrous ceramics, TESSA NEWCOMB’s soft-toned oil paintings and JOHN MALTBY’s stoneware sculpture.

JANET LYNCH’s paintings are emotive in colour and content - both elements expressing the gamut of life’s emotions from joy to melancholy.  Myth, legend, social history, personal insights are all explored with exuberance.  Her new small sculptures explore the nuance of body language.  In a distilled form, these are metaphors for the universal life experience.

JEFFREY PRATT’s oil paintings seem to soak up the sun, giving off light and colour and vitality.  A plein air painter, he lives in rural Oxfordshire though travels frequently in his mobile painting van to Cornwall, France and more exotic countries.  The lure of colourful garments, lush vegetation, panoramas of dramatic countryside or seascapes invites his skilful interpretation, which flows comfortably from figurative to abstract.

All Jeffrey’s paintings are oils on canvas or board.

A prime exponent of painting the human form, ROSE HILTON juxtaposes colour in her own inimitable way, bringing zest and vitality to her figure studies.

An applied artist of great talent, ROBINA JACK encompasses both the disciplines of stained glass and ceramics, bringing to both her love of colour, pattern, animals and birds.

Although based in East Anglia, TESSA NEWCOMB paints wherever she happens to be - and this includes a recent visit to St Ives and Keigwin.  Her work always gives intriguing glimpses into other lives and living spaces.

One of Britain’s finest ceramic sculptors, JOHN MALTBY continues to enthral, amuse and surprise us with his insightful interpretation of the human condition. From his imagination emerge symbolic figures redolent of myth or ancient histories.  Incised marks in the clay stand out against the red oxides and slate greys of the surfaces, which look like images hewn out of stone.

Measurements and further images of John’s work can be seen by e-mailing the gallery. 

An artist and exhibitor of long standing, MICHAEL SHEPPARD observes landscape in great detail, being especially fascinated by the colour palette that emerges through rain or sun.  The wild coastline of West Penwith draws his eye and brush constantly.  The way light visually dissolves solid forms like rocks is what he captures best on canvas through his subtle use of layering and scumbling the oil paint.

The beauty of unusual semi-precious stones attracts DUIBHNE GOUGH’s eye and guides her impeccable sense of design in creating necklaces and earrings.  Most are combined with silver and 18ct gold which she works in time-honoured fashion with a simple jeweller’s hammer.

JILL FANSHAWE KATO is totally original in her approach to the pots she hand-builds, not falling into any specific category as either ‘vessel maker’ or ‘ceramic sculptor’.  Instead she makes all manner of things as the spirit moves her.  Birds and small creatures feature strongly in her work, often combined with abstract shapes and rich colour.

SUTTON TAYLOR has always worked in a totally individual way, creating pots that in their form often defy the tolerance of the kiln.  His colours appear to alter dramatically when viewed at different angles through the iridescence of his metallic glazes.

These are only a few of the exhibits on display.  More can be seen by e-mailing Gilly.